Or current CEO Alex Martins?
If you read my column over the weekend, you know I think current CEO Alex Martins is getting way too much blame for the state of the Magic. How can he blamed when he had this dysfunctional soap opera thrust upon before the season after the mysterious resignation of Vander Weide? How can he be blamed for the ruined relationship between Stan Van Gundy and Dwight Howard? How can he be blamed for the bad contracts given to older plays with deteriorating skills?

If we're going to play the blame game, here's how I rank 'em.

1. Otis Smith: If Magic roster were better, team would be better, Dwight would be happy and Stan would still be the coach.

2. Bob Vander Weide: Former CEO had final say on Magic signings and tried to run the team from his home in Michigan. Bad idea.

3. Dwight Howard: If he were more like Tim Duncan and could take tough, hard coaching like that doled out by Gregg Popovich (and Stan Van Gundy) maybe Magic chemistry would have been better and the team could have excelled.

4. Stan Van Gundy: Although we in the media love his honesty and candor, his revelation that Dwight tried to get him fired split up the team and drove Dwight to L.A. to have back surgery.

5. Alex Martins: He walked into a mess that he did not create. In hindsight, his biggest mistake may have been either not trading Dwight or not firing Stan before the season even started. In fairness, either one of those moves would have made fans irate.